About Me
I am first a person whose journey with God and others is the orienting center of my life. I seek to share openly of this halting, faltering discovery of the story of God in everyday living.
I can be contacted personally at earthlytents@comml.imap.cc
After 22 1/2 years as a pastor of a Philadelphia area church, and almost two years in New Zealand at Laidlaw College in Auckland, New Zealand, I am located in Dallas, Texas, as the International Director of ALARM (African Leadership and Reconciliation Ministries). ALARM is an organization that seeks to restore communities that have been devastated by tribalism and warfare.
My wife, Naomi, is an amazing person with whom I share my journey. I am blessed with two special children whom I love and admire--Ben, a web designer living in San Francisco Rebekah, our daughter, a singer/actress in Texas.
My passions: reading, popcorn, writing, photography, walking, time with friends and family, thinking about the problem of evil and suffering, peace building and reconciliation, living out the gospel in a postmodern world.
That book sounds brilliant, would love to borrow it. Have just read a great book myself, called "Always Liza to Me." A memoir of woman who is an identical twin, and a sister of a severely intellectually disabled girl. Her struggles lie in self identity - away from her sister with a disability, then later in discovering who she is as an individual, not a twin.
She explores what it means to reach back and have a relationship with her disabled sister - someone who teaches her lessons that can only be learnt through her uniqueness.
I found it a brilliant read, I've worked with people with disabilities over many years now, and seen how siblings have dealt with their brothers/sisters, often visiting out of obligation, not knowing how to connect, and then there are some who develop a brilliant relationship with their brother and sister. it was great to have an intimate insight into a families perspective of living with a child with a disability.